tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128458934961175742.post4878344382419546119..comments2010-05-07T16:22:51.556-07:00Comments on Because of You: Violence Against Women in the United StatesSandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761951935843784725noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128458934961175742.post-9590928318546496122009-01-28T20:56:00.000-08:002009-01-28T20:56:00.000-08:00Thanks for your blog. If you would like to visit m...Thanks for your blog. If you would like to visit mine from time to time please do so at http://safeplaces-safeblog.blogspot.com/.<BR/><BR/>KathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128458934961175742.post-50466482200885098462009-01-07T14:26:00.000-08:002009-01-07T14:26:00.000-08:00"Young women, women who are separated, divorced or..."Young women, women who are separated, divorced or single, low- income women and African-American women are disproportionately victims of assault and rape."<BR/><BR/>I wonder why that is. Young women I'm sure it comes from lack of experience or self-esteem. Are single women just desperate for male companionship? And is it part of the culture of African-American women?<BR/><BR/>I would suspect that East Indian women suffer greatly as well due to the patriarchial society.Anna Maria Junushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589846694967185982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128458934961175742.post-84881789494491174442009-01-03T06:47:00.000-08:002009-01-03T06:47:00.000-08:00I think you are probably right, Toni. I didn't wr...I think you are probably right, Toni. I didn't write the article, I just posted it. I feel that there are too many eupehmisms when it comes to this topic- and that is what allows it to keep happening. We ignore it and put a "pretty face" on it by using the euphemisms that allows us to ignore what is happening.<BR/><BR/>In Sweden, by comparison, there are only 16 domestic violence murders/year. 16 per year! We need to do something to stop this here in AmericaSandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03761951935843784725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128458934961175742.post-17153263677983720632009-01-03T04:07:00.000-08:002009-01-03T04:07:00.000-08:00"Every day four women die in this country as a res..."Every day four women die in this country as a result of domestic violence, the euphemism for murders and assaults by husbands and boyfriends."<BR/>Comments like this one do not help women get more people on side with regard to family violence. The term "domestic violence" is not a euphemism for anything. It is an inconsistently-used, all-encompassing term which can cover a wide range of relationships between offender and victim and a wide range of behaviours from persistent demeaning name-calling through to murder.<BR/>In this situation I suggest what it is really indicating is that these homicides are the result of ongoing, escalating abuse or violence which had not been reported or else had not been responded to in a way that would have prevented the ultimate tragedy. <BR/>ToniTonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200225074878243632noreply@blogger.com